I’ll be “hosting” a live chat at the Des Moines Register on the prospects for the upcoming legislative session today from Noon to 1 p.m. Why not grab a sack lunch, log in and heckle from the cheap seats? I’ll be joined by Art Smith from “On The Right” and “centrists” Steffen Schmidt and...
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I don’t flog my postings on politics at the Des Moines Register as much as I probably should considering that it amounts to most of my more substantial political blogging nowadays. But, I’m pretty proud of this one from a pure gonzo/literary standpoint. Now, I wonder if Katie Koberg will take the bait? I...
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New post up at the DMR. Radical Transparency for Political Survival. Want to trim the state budget by a million or three? How many departmental man hours could be saved every year by replacing the work that those departments do in searching, sorting and writing reports against their data if we simply released the...
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